Ban Russia from Rio, doping group urges

Ban Russia from Rio, doping group urges

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:49 PM IST
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Los Angeles : Leaders of the world’s most prominent national anti-doping bodies has called for Russian track and field athletes to be banned from next year’s Olympics, saying the sanction was necessary to deter drug cheats. A statement from the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO), a 53-member umbrella group made the call on the eve of a key World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) meeting in Colorado Springs. Britain’s David Kenworthy, the chairman of iNADO and head of UK Anti-Doping, said in a statement the vast state-supported doping program detailed by WADA’s Independent Commission last week was a “tragedy for sport.”

WADA’s commission recommended Russia and its national governing body for athletics be banned for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. On Friday, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) provisionally suspended Russia from all international competition. However, the IAAF action fell short of stating explicitly that Russian athletes would be barred from the Olympics, raising the prospect that they would be allowed to compete. But in a statement issued after an iNADO meeting in Colorado on Monday, Kenworthy said Russian athletes needed to be banned to send a message. “The ARAF — Russia’s national federation for athletics — and its athletes must be suspended from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games,” he said.

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